LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s led Federal Government has announced that the government can no longer bear the financial burden of universities in the country. During a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Permanent Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew David Adejo, emphasised that while universities already enjoy autonomy, they…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congess (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike from next Wednesday. NLC President Joe Ajaero made the announcement after an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) in Abuja. The congress said it took the decision due to the fuel shortages across the country, following President Bola Tinubu’s…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has introduced new set of taxes on beer, imported vehicles and single use plastics. It has also added to the list of items banned from being imported into the country. Under the newly introduced taxes, the Federal Government will charge N75 per litre of beer or stout imported into…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi of the Labour Party has reacted to reports making the rounds of about 4,000 Nigerians trapped in war-torn Sudan. DAILY POST recalls that Nigerian students in the country have called on the federal government to evacuate them amid escalation of fighting in Khartoum, the capital, and other parts of the…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has directed the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Isah Jere, to handover to the most senior officer in the Service. This directive is coming following allegation that the outgoing NIS boss was plotting another tenure extension. Jere has had his retirement extended from last year to…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)Nigeria’s federal government has officially recognised the Oba of Benin as the owner and custodian of all Benin artefacts looted and carted away from the shores of the country by a British military expedition in 1897. This was revealed in an official government Gazette seen by ARISE News. By the announced law,…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is to procure as well as instal baggage scanners in train stations traversing Abuja-Kaduna-Kano cities. Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday on the outcome of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House,…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Human Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), prominent Civil Society Organization, has urged the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari and his political Party, the All Progressive Congress, to prioritize the revamp of the country’s refineries and tackle corruption in the petroleum sector before removing fuel subsidy. In a statement issued by…